They made their first national playoff appearance in 2011 with the help of Dan Fullerton, Matt Vautin, Lesili Alovili, Rob Ploth, Phil Giuliano The team joined the American National Rugby League in 2002 as the Wilmington Vikings, based in Wilmington, Delaware.

They hoped the move would help them draw talent from Gloucester County College to overcome the recruitment problems they had faced in Delaware.

[2] The move did not end the team's recruitment troubles, and following the 2003 season they relocated once more to upstate New York.

For the 2006 season they attempted to turn their losing record around, taking on Australian player-coach Ben Kelly; however, they just failed to qualify for the AMNRL playoff series.

As announced in 2008 the main shirt sponsor for the then Northern Raiders RLFC became online accommodation specialists Wotif.com.